This One's Personal
Chapter 5
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Bosco was sound asleep, in the middle of a great dream. Suddenly, his nose picked up on the smell of bacon cooking. And fresh coffee brewing. He was fully awake, but didn't want to open his eyes. He couldn't remember who he'd gone home with last night. He hadn't done this in a long time, longer than he could remember. "What the hell did I drink last night?" he thought to himself, wondering where the hangover headache was. "Think, Boscorelli. How are you gonna get out of this one?" he said to himself.
Suddenly, he felt something wet in his ear. He jumped up to a sitting position and opened his eyes. He was face-to-face with a two-year old girl with a wet pacifier that had apparently just been in his ear.
"Stephanie?! What the...?" he said before being interrupted by a sound of another child's voice from the kitchen.
"Bosco! Mom says if you want to eat, you better get a move on. 'Cause I'm gonna eat all the bacon," came Michael's voice tauntingly.
"Mom! Mike said he's gonna eat all of Bosco's bacon!" whined Matthew.
"I want bacon!" yelled Shaun.
"No one is going to eat all the bacon. Everyone get out here and sit down before everything gets cold," Katy scolded happily. "Bosco, bring Stephanie out with you, please," she called out to him.
Bosco smiled as he remembered where he was. He had come over to Katy's house after work last night, at the urging of the Lieutenant. They'd just sat around and talked. They watched some TV and apparently Bosco fell asleep, only to wake up this morning on the couch, covered with a blanket, in the middle of the bustle of Katy's everyday life. And it felt great.
"Okay, but I think you're gonna wanna wash her pacifier off. She stuck it in my ear," he said, laughing as he picked up the little girl.
"Dada," she said as he tickled her side.
"No, Steph. Bosco," he corrected her gently. He didn't want Katy to think that he was trying to take over for her dead husband.
He walked out into the kitchen and put Stephanie in her highchair. He reached over and stole a piece of bacon from Michael's plate as he was stuffing some bagel with cream cheese in his mouth.
"Hey!" he yelled with a full mouth.
"Michael!" yelled Katy. "Don't talk with food in your mouth," she corrected him.
"Now I stole some bacon from him. The man is just trying to fight for his survival," Bosco defended him, messing up his hair.
She gave Bosco a smirk and said, "Orange juice or coffee, Sleeping Beauty?"
"Uuummmm, both," he said. "This smells great, but you didn't have to do this. Sorry, I guess I fell asleep on you last night," he said, giving her an apologetic smile.
"No problem. You were exhausted. Dad told me you've been out looking during all your off-time," she said with a grateful smile. "Thank you, Bosco," she said quietly, making eye contact. "Really," she added as she poured his coffee.
He looked up at the clock on the wall and couldn't believe that it was 10:00 a.m. already. "How the heck did I sleep through all this so long?" he asked her, as he took in the scene before him. Michael and Matthew were nudging each other, while Shaun was tattling on them. Stephanie had eggs smeared all over her face and was in the process of feeding the remains of her bagel to the dog.
"Well, the kids actually slept in a little bit this morning and they decided to play upstairs since you were sleeping down here," she explained.
"Thanks, guys," Bosco said, giving the kids a smile.
"I like cheese," announced Shaun out of the blue, and the whole group broke up laughing.
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George Palmer was watching the happy group through his binoculars where he was situated across the street from the back of Katy's house. "Well, isn't that the happy little family," he said out loud to himself, wondering who the young man was.
"We'll see how long that lasts," he grumbled as he shifted his gaze to the direction of the upstairs window. He had figured out which one was Shaun's room because of the firetruck curtains that were in his window. He remembered how Shaun had talked about his new room with the firetruck bed when he had moved from a crib to a "big boy bed."
As luck would have it, the fire escape went right up to his window. What a stroke of luck for him. He'd wait for Katy to go out with the kids and then he'd sneak up there with his cable company uniform on and rig the window so that it would open. It would only be a matter of hours until he'd again be with his precious Shaun. He had already picked up a firetruck bed to put in Shaun's "new" room with him. It was being held at the store until he picked it up after finding a new place to live. "Oh, the wonderful life we'll have together," he said.
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It was 8:30 at night, five and a half hours into their shift, and Sully was driving the cruiser down a darkened street.
"So, did you hear the prints they picked up from the daycare center on George Palmer came back to a Nathaniel James?" said Sully.
"Yeah, I heard about that. James has a record going back 25 years for pedophilia," Davis said.
"We gotta get this guy," Sully said as he gripped the wheel tighter.
"Hold up, slow down, Sul," Davis said. He felt the RMP immediately slow down as Sully looked in the direction of Ty's gaze.
"Well, if it isn't our friendly, neighborhood drug dealer/ne'er do well, Bennie," said Sully as he pulled over to the curb. "When will he learn," he said as he stopped the car and Ty got out.
In a matter of a split second, Bennie had realized that he'd been caught in the middle of a drug deal and took off, dropping his stash of drugs on the street corner. Ty took off after him as Sully threw the car into reverse and turned around to follow his partner.
It took only 2 1/2 blocks before Ty caught up with Bennie and he had him up against the side of the building upon Sully's arrival. Sully put the car in park and exited the vehicle to go and back up his partner, who was barely out of breath from his jaunt.
"Bennie, Bennie, Bennie. What's it gonna take?" Sully asked him as Ty put the cuffs on the man.
"I think this may be his third strike," Davis said in the man's ear as he finished patting him down for weapons.
"You know, I do believe your right, Officer Davis," Sully said sarcastically.
"Man, I can't go back there," Bennie said pleadingly. "I know things. Things that the cops will want to know," he said.
"Yeah, we hear that about 80 times a day, Bennie," Ty replied as he pulled the man toward the RMP.
"Yeah, well this is about a certain pedophile that the NYPD is looking for," he said gaining the two officers' complete attention.
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TBC...
Chapter 5
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Bosco was sound asleep, in the middle of a great dream. Suddenly, his nose picked up on the smell of bacon cooking. And fresh coffee brewing. He was fully awake, but didn't want to open his eyes. He couldn't remember who he'd gone home with last night. He hadn't done this in a long time, longer than he could remember. "What the hell did I drink last night?" he thought to himself, wondering where the hangover headache was. "Think, Boscorelli. How are you gonna get out of this one?" he said to himself.
Suddenly, he felt something wet in his ear. He jumped up to a sitting position and opened his eyes. He was face-to-face with a two-year old girl with a wet pacifier that had apparently just been in his ear.
"Stephanie?! What the...?" he said before being interrupted by a sound of another child's voice from the kitchen.
"Bosco! Mom says if you want to eat, you better get a move on. 'Cause I'm gonna eat all the bacon," came Michael's voice tauntingly.
"Mom! Mike said he's gonna eat all of Bosco's bacon!" whined Matthew.
"I want bacon!" yelled Shaun.
"No one is going to eat all the bacon. Everyone get out here and sit down before everything gets cold," Katy scolded happily. "Bosco, bring Stephanie out with you, please," she called out to him.
Bosco smiled as he remembered where he was. He had come over to Katy's house after work last night, at the urging of the Lieutenant. They'd just sat around and talked. They watched some TV and apparently Bosco fell asleep, only to wake up this morning on the couch, covered with a blanket, in the middle of the bustle of Katy's everyday life. And it felt great.
"Okay, but I think you're gonna wanna wash her pacifier off. She stuck it in my ear," he said, laughing as he picked up the little girl.
"Dada," she said as he tickled her side.
"No, Steph. Bosco," he corrected her gently. He didn't want Katy to think that he was trying to take over for her dead husband.
He walked out into the kitchen and put Stephanie in her highchair. He reached over and stole a piece of bacon from Michael's plate as he was stuffing some bagel with cream cheese in his mouth.
"Hey!" he yelled with a full mouth.
"Michael!" yelled Katy. "Don't talk with food in your mouth," she corrected him.
"Now I stole some bacon from him. The man is just trying to fight for his survival," Bosco defended him, messing up his hair.
She gave Bosco a smirk and said, "Orange juice or coffee, Sleeping Beauty?"
"Uuummmm, both," he said. "This smells great, but you didn't have to do this. Sorry, I guess I fell asleep on you last night," he said, giving her an apologetic smile.
"No problem. You were exhausted. Dad told me you've been out looking during all your off-time," she said with a grateful smile. "Thank you, Bosco," she said quietly, making eye contact. "Really," she added as she poured his coffee.
He looked up at the clock on the wall and couldn't believe that it was 10:00 a.m. already. "How the heck did I sleep through all this so long?" he asked her, as he took in the scene before him. Michael and Matthew were nudging each other, while Shaun was tattling on them. Stephanie had eggs smeared all over her face and was in the process of feeding the remains of her bagel to the dog.
"Well, the kids actually slept in a little bit this morning and they decided to play upstairs since you were sleeping down here," she explained.
"Thanks, guys," Bosco said, giving the kids a smile.
"I like cheese," announced Shaun out of the blue, and the whole group broke up laughing.
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George Palmer was watching the happy group through his binoculars where he was situated across the street from the back of Katy's house. "Well, isn't that the happy little family," he said out loud to himself, wondering who the young man was.
"We'll see how long that lasts," he grumbled as he shifted his gaze to the direction of the upstairs window. He had figured out which one was Shaun's room because of the firetruck curtains that were in his window. He remembered how Shaun had talked about his new room with the firetruck bed when he had moved from a crib to a "big boy bed."
As luck would have it, the fire escape went right up to his window. What a stroke of luck for him. He'd wait for Katy to go out with the kids and then he'd sneak up there with his cable company uniform on and rig the window so that it would open. It would only be a matter of hours until he'd again be with his precious Shaun. He had already picked up a firetruck bed to put in Shaun's "new" room with him. It was being held at the store until he picked it up after finding a new place to live. "Oh, the wonderful life we'll have together," he said.
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It was 8:30 at night, five and a half hours into their shift, and Sully was driving the cruiser down a darkened street.
"So, did you hear the prints they picked up from the daycare center on George Palmer came back to a Nathaniel James?" said Sully.
"Yeah, I heard about that. James has a record going back 25 years for pedophilia," Davis said.
"We gotta get this guy," Sully said as he gripped the wheel tighter.
"Hold up, slow down, Sul," Davis said. He felt the RMP immediately slow down as Sully looked in the direction of Ty's gaze.
"Well, if it isn't our friendly, neighborhood drug dealer/ne'er do well, Bennie," said Sully as he pulled over to the curb. "When will he learn," he said as he stopped the car and Ty got out.
In a matter of a split second, Bennie had realized that he'd been caught in the middle of a drug deal and took off, dropping his stash of drugs on the street corner. Ty took off after him as Sully threw the car into reverse and turned around to follow his partner.
It took only 2 1/2 blocks before Ty caught up with Bennie and he had him up against the side of the building upon Sully's arrival. Sully put the car in park and exited the vehicle to go and back up his partner, who was barely out of breath from his jaunt.
"Bennie, Bennie, Bennie. What's it gonna take?" Sully asked him as Ty put the cuffs on the man.
"I think this may be his third strike," Davis said in the man's ear as he finished patting him down for weapons.
"You know, I do believe your right, Officer Davis," Sully said sarcastically.
"Man, I can't go back there," Bennie said pleadingly. "I know things. Things that the cops will want to know," he said.
"Yeah, we hear that about 80 times a day, Bennie," Ty replied as he pulled the man toward the RMP.
"Yeah, well this is about a certain pedophile that the NYPD is looking for," he said gaining the two officers' complete attention.
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TBC...